Busy Times For Medical Team

United's medical team will be kept extremely busy over the next few days with the injuries continuing to mount, particularly in defence.

The Reds lost John O'Shea to what looked like a hamstring strain during the first half against Marseille, while his replacement, Rafael, was stretchered off after half-time with what appeared to be a similar injury.

Sir Alex was already without his first choice centre-back pairing of Nemanja Vidic (calf) and Rio Ferdinand (calf), who has not played since 1 February, while Anderson (knee) and Ji-sung Park (hamstring) are still battling their way back to fitness.

Before kick-off, it was also confirmed that Anders Lindegaard will be out of action for five weeks following knee surgery which take place on Thursday.

The boss will have to "wait and see on Vidic," but he may have Jonny Evans back for Saturday's league clash with Bolton at Old Trafford.

"Jonny started training this week so hopefully we'll have him for Saturday," he told MUTV.

"If we can get through the Bolton game I've then got two weeks [during the international break] to try and get some of them patched up.

"If you look at the games we've had over the last couple of weeks - Chelsea and Liverpool away from home, Arsenal in the FA Cup and then Marseille, it's a big demand on players," he added in reference to the growing injury list.

"The speed of the game today catches you out."